50th Anniversary Celebration of the Peace Corps

Update from Jan West

Fiends of Afghanistan is planning a series of events for
the 50th anniversary celebration of the Peace Corps in Washington,
DC.About 75 people have registered so
far, with about 110 indicating an interest.Please register right away by e-mailing janwest@suddenlink.net for a
registration form.The registration fee
of $25/person can be mailed to Box 30, Trinidad, CA95570.

Our exciting news is the Afghan Ambassador has agreed to
give a presentation after the opening of our Saturday program at 10 am at the
L’Enfant Plaza Hotel, followed by a question and answer period.The Embassy dinner event for Friday night is
now filled to capacity with a 70-person limit.

In our Friends of Afghanistan presentation to the Ambassador
on Friday evening, Jan is editing, revising, and reducing the length the DVD
“Rekindling Afghan Connections” to show the work of the Peace Corps in
Afghanistan from 1972-79.It will now
also include photographs of the work of Volunteers/Staff since returning home
for the benefit of Afghanistan, such as projects, presentations, or activities
you may have done for Afghanistan.Also,
photographs of Herat are needed.

Please send digital photographs of you on the job in
Afghanistan or of the work you’ve done since you’ve been back in the United
States to benefit Afghanistan to janwest@suddenlink.net
by July 10th.This is a
time-consuming project, hence the early deadline for receiving the
photographs.

You can send the photographs to me on a CD or if they are
posted online, send me the link to your albums.This is our chance to show the real impact of our service in
Afghanistan—“Once a Volunteer, always a Volunteer!”

Officers & members of Friends of Afghanistan are
coordinating plans for PC Afghanistan Volunteers at the Nati

onal Peace Corps
Association’s 50th Anniversary Celebration.We need to know if you are planning to
come!

TO REGISTER FOR FRIENDS OF AFGHANISTAN EVENTS:Jan will send the RSVP form via e-mail or by
letter.Send the information online or
print out the RSVP form and return by mail to Box 30, Trinidad, CA95570.